“Today the State has substituted its own well being above that of the people. The current regime has ruined, destroyed and annihilated the rights and prosperity of the people and has handed over their liberties and rights to the interests of high finance.” This paragraph sounds like it was written just yesterday; although, it is part of a statement issue in 1936 by the Rexist Movement from its founder, Leon Degrelle.
On June 15, 1906, at Bouillon, Belgium, Leon Degrelle was born. His family
were devout French Catholics. Degrelle studied law at the University of Louvain.
Degrelle was influenced by the French nationalist intellectual, Charles Maurras, who felt that democracy was flawed because of its belief that everyone should vote. Maurras believed Parliamentary rule was corrupt and longed for an orderly responsible state.
In 1931, Degrelle, became the director of a small publishing firm sponsored by the Catholic Youth Society. The name for their periodical was Christus Rex or Christ the King. Through his writings, Degrelle exposed corruption in high places which led to several prosecutions of Belgian politicians for financial malpractice.
In 1935, Degrelle launched the Rexist Movement. He designed the symbol for the party which was the “Cross and Crown” with the word REX. He said that the Rexist Party was a “party above parties” and called for a new rejuvenation of Belgium.
Degrelle attacked the politicians of all parties, high finance, communists, Freemasonry and the International Jewish bankers. He said: “The Jews never did want to be the true citizens of one country.” The program of the Rexist Party advocated the corporate state as founded by Benito Mussolini in Italy.
Mussolini’s Fascist Party seized control of Italy on October 29, 1922. This was some eleven years before Hitler came to power. All of Europe’s Fascist leaders traced their ideas in some fashion to Mussolini, as did Degrelle who called for a need to “maintain the dignity of the working man and cultivate a love of work, order and human solidarity.”
The Rexist Party was a new party full of young people. Leon Degrelle’s dynamic oratory made him a compelling force that moved the party forward. Audiences paid admission fees to hear his speeches which called for an end to the political world of rot and greed.
In the 1936 elections, the Rexists elected 12 Senators and 21 House Deputies to the Parliament. Degrelle continued to publish and produced a weekly newspaper entitled Rex which was published in three languages, French, Flemish and German.
Degrelle’s followers would hold large demonstrations in front of opposition party offices while carrying brooms and shouting “sweep the corruption out.” Degrelle declared: “We admire what has been achieved in Italy and Germany but we intend to imitate no one. We shall remain in the Belgian tradition which is that of good humor, common sense and tolerance. We stand for discipline, order and social regeneration on a Christian basis.”
In 1937, the Catholic hierarchy attacked Degrelle and led to his defeat. He rallied in 1939, and was elected as a Deputy from Brussels. Degrelle was arrested in 1940 when World War II broke out. He was tortured and his teeth broken during his imprisonment in Caen. It was even announced that he had been executed by the French and his family held a funeral. The German Army found and released Degrelle from a French prison camp at Vernet where the commander was a Jew by the name of Bernheim.
In July of 1941, Degrelle organized 1,200 Belgian volunteers to fight the Bolsheviks along side the Germans. Although he was untrained as a military man, Degrelle did good service for the Axis forces. He was wounded four times in battle and personally led numerous front line attacks against the Russian brutes.
In 1944, Degrelle fought in a rear action which allowed some 40,000 German soldiers to escape at Cherkassy. After heroic battles in Estonia, Degrelle was awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves by Hitler in 1944. Degrelle was the only political leader on the Allied or Axis side to fight on the front lines during the war. He continued to fight with his men on the front lines after being promoted to General.
In December of 1944, his enemies in Belgium officially in absentia sentenced Degrelle to death by firing squad. Degrelle flew out of the War zone, and crashed onto a beach in Spain. He resided in Spain for the rest of his life. He was able to regain his children from the clutches of the Allies. Degrelle even boldly wore his SS uniform at the marriage of one of his seven daughters! Leon Degrelle died in Malaga, Spain in 1994 at the age of 87.
He is reported to have given this response to a reporter who asked if he had any regrets: “My only regret is that we did not win!”
This review comes directly from the booklet about the Rexist Party by Dr. Edward Fields. I highly recommend “Leon Degrelle – The Rexist Party” and “the Wallonien” which are full of photographs and maps. These two pamphlets are packaged together and sold for only $15.00 including postage. Order them from Truth at Last Books, P.O. Box 1211, Marietta, Georgia 30061.
The Southern states are filled to the brim with a fifth and a sixth column consisting of the insidious liberal Christian-hating Jews and the white-hating, welfare-loving Blacks. Don’t we deserve our own Degrelle, both politician and soldier to lead us to freedom?
According to the USrael thought police, our spokesmen are only deserving of arrests, imprisonments and even targeted assassinations. Honorable truth soldiers such as Olaf Childress, Dr. Fields, David Duke, Don Black, Edgar Steele, James Edwards, Richard Barrett and many others have fought on the front lines and been injured for resisting tyranny with unapproved intellectual weapons.
Nancy Hitt – 2011
